The Official UC Chance Thread

[UCLAri]

It's impossible to say an exact percentage. However, you are clearly a match.

[Stephen Dedalus]

Out Of State

UC GPA: 4.00
(Clear upward trend in grades; UC's forgiveness of freshman year grades is one of the main reasons I'm applying).

SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 700
SAT I Writing: 720
(All 1 sitting)

Total: 2130

Taking SAT II's (Math II, Physics, and Literature) Dec. 1st

AP U.S. History- 3

12 grade Courses
AP Government
AP Physics
AP English
Calculus
Japanese II
Ceramics

Extracurriculars:
1 month in Japan as an Exchange Student
2 Years NHS
2 Years as Cashier at Grocery Store
1 Year as House Management staff at a local theatre
Summer Job at a Snack bar
President of Graphic Novel Club, 12th grade
2 Years of Literary Magazine club (member, submitter)

Berkeley: Physics
Davis: Biomedical Engineering
LA: Biomedical Engineering
Irvine: Physics
San Diego: Not Sure
Santa Barbara: Not Sure

My uncle also went to Berkeley, but I'm not sure if that's significant.

Thanks!

[Peppers]

Word of advice: Don't apply to LA as BioMed if you can help it. Transfer in later if you still find the major palatable (I sure didn't after finding out what a degree in it would be like). It's also ridiculously impacted.

Berkeley: Reach
UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Low Reach
UCD: Match
UCSB/Irvine: Match/Safe Match

[wf909]

CA student
1st generation college student
10th grade:
Eng II H B B-
Span I B+ B+
Geom I H B C
PE A A
Bio B B
Wd Hist H A+ B
GPA 3.83 3.5

11TH
ENG III H B B
SPAN II A- A-
ALG II C+ C
ANAT A- A+
CHEM B B
AP US HIST A- B-
GPA 3.67 3.50

SAT I
1590

SAT II
DECEMBER (US HISTORY, SPANISH, AND MATH II)

Elected Treasurer of Interact Club 11th grade
Elected Treasurer of Best Buddies Int 11th 12th grades
Active Member of the Christ in Action Club

Over 600 hours of community service at a convalescent hospital
200 hours of community service at a foster care agency

Low income family

My Chances for attending a UC
I want to major in public health or a biological science

[XeN0cidE]

wf909, list your 12th grade courses too. It helps your chancing

[wf909]

12th grade classes:
Ceramics I
AP English
Spanish III
Pre Cal
AP GOV/ECON
AP BIO

[whitechoco]

Instate
Low Income
First Generation
UC GPA: 3.5
SAT I: 1700
ACT: 23
SAT II: 530 (Bio-M) 480 (Math IIC)
EC:
volunteer 92 hrs
work experience
art club + interact club

Honors:
Chemistry

Senior AP Classes:
AP Calculus AB, Ap Environmental Science, AP Art

low gpa because of major financial difficulties and family problems during junior year.
currently only one working parent.

do i have a chance at uc irvine or uc davis (the ones i'm applying to) at all? i know my stats are really poor... T T would a good essay + being low income/first gen + senior schedule compensate for any of it?

i want to major in biological sciences......

[XeN0cidE]

Bio is an impacted major at most UC's, especially UCD...Just FYI.

[wf909]

chances? **see above stats... THANX!

[ashleybrooke9589]

white/female
UC gpa of 3.6
SAT: First sitting- M: 580 CR: 540 W: 510
Second Sitting- M: 600 CR: 600 W: 490
SAT subject tests: math II- 610 us history-620

in the middle of my sophomore year, i moved across the country, from florida to california. so one of my essays is about that. and my other essay is about how going to nyc and seeing all of the homeless made me want to do a lot of community service to help the underprivileged in general.

i have a big improvement range throughout high school.
9th grade was 3.2
10th was 3.5
11th was 4.2

I took AP Psych (got a 5) AP US history (3) and AP Lang/Comp (3)

Senior Courses:
AP Calc AB
AP Environ Sci
AP Lit/Comp
AP Gov

As for ECs..
School Newspaper Treasurer (senior year only bc this is the first year it started, i helped get it up and running also)
CSF for 2 years.
Mentoring Program 2 years
Character counts for 2(was treasurer for the first year).
Key Club for 2.
the only reason i dont have an EC for all four years is because i moved states and Florida didnt obviously have CSF and they didnt have Character counts. so i just did key club there. I have a ton of community service. I also voluteered at a place that teaches kids about the ocean and how its important to keep it clean.
Also I work outside of school a lot...
a couple years at petco and also ive been tutoring a couple kids in math.

Please if someone can guide me to where is my best bet to apply and actually have a shot at. I was hoping for UCSB. or UCD. Thanks!!

[Feez]

CA Instate, Pakistani male
GPA(UC) - 3.60

Community College classes:
Spanish 1B - A
Chem 3 - A
Calc I - in progress (probably an A when finished in Dec.)
Calc II - planned
Chem 1A - planned

Senior Year Coursework:
Marching Band
Wind Symphony
AP Stat
AP Euro. Hist.
AP Gov/H Political Econ.
Contemporary Lit.

SAT Reasoning - 670(CR), 670(M), 620(W, 8 Essay)
1960 w/Writing
1340 CR/M

SAT Subjects Tests:
740 - math level 2
650 - Bio M. Retaking in December.
640 - Physics

ACT:
C - 32
E - 34
M - 33
R- 31
S - 30
E/W - 34, 11 essay

APs:
Bio - 4
Physics - 3
Art Hist - 2
Comp Sci AB - 1
Euro Hist/Gov/Stat - planned

Awards:
Music Letter
Best Trumpet Section Award at Irvine Jazz Festival
City of Irvine award for community service dedication
Principal's Honor Roll - 5 time recipient

Extra Curriculars:
Band Staff - Selective marching band position that sets up field and manages supplies
Section Leader - trumpet section leader in marching band
Solo Trumpet - solo trumpet player in jazz band for 3 years
German Club Board Member - Junior class rep.
Current Science Club, Environmental Club, Model United Nations (senior member), Video Game Association, Chess Club

Community Service:
Hoag Memorial Hospital Candystriper - over 230 hours of service in CCU/ICU department.
Lakeview Senior Center - 50+ hours doing desk, faculty, and cafeteria jobs.
LIT (Leaders in Training) - City-hosted community service program where growing leaders help out at parks and watch over kids, developing strong leadership abilities. 2 year member, over 50 hours (summer only).

Non A-G classes:
Marching Band - 4 yrs.
Student Aid - two semesters with the same teacher.
Physical Education
Introduction to Music Theory
Sat Preparation

Educational Preparation Programs:
Elite Education Institute - SAT II and AP preparation
ACI Institute - SAT and SAT II preparation


Chances at:
Berkeley - Undeclared/Nat Resources
UCLA - Undeclared-Life Science
Davis - Civil Engineering
Irvine - Civil Engineering
Santa Barbara - Electrical Engineering
San Diego - Bioengineering (possibly thinking about biological sciences in general as well)

Thank you in advance.

[Peppers]

AshleyB:
UCSB/UCD-Match
Grade improvement over time helps a lot to justify the low GPA. SATs are very low, but a 1690 should pull through. I wouldn't say that SB and D are "in for sure", but you have a very reasonable shot at both.

Feez:
Berkeley-Mid Reach
UCLA-Mid Reach
Davis-Match
Irvine-Match
SB-Match
SD (Bioengineering)-Mid/Low Reach
I would suggest applying to biology at UCSD, because I believe they screen you again if you apply for bioengineering (of course you probably just get your second choice in that event) Depending on how much you're willing to hedge that UCs give preference to race, and how strong you think your ECs and PSs are, you could see your chances at UCLA and Berkeley improve, although with a 3.6 UC GPA, it makes a chance at either difficult.

[Feez]

^Thank you Peppers.

Just some clarification. Are you saying it'd be harder for me to get into SD's bio engineering program because they do further screening? I thought most if not all UC's did further screening for engineering applicants. Or do you simply mean my chances aren't very high to begin with, and it would make more sense to not apply in engineering? Sorry if that sounds confusing lol.

[Peppers]

^Yes to the latter. I would suggest that, unless you really want to do bioengineering, you should stick with a general biology major and hope to transfer into the bioengineering department later on.

Also, @Xenocide, Biology is not an impacted major at any UCs. No majors in the CL&S are impacted.

[MrPanchioni]

California Resident - Indian Male
Biochem/Molecular Bio Major

Class Rank: Top 25%, That is as detailed as my councilor would say, but I'm sure it is in the lower part of the twenties
WGPA - 4.0 (my UC GPA is the same)
UWGPA - 3.74
(these do not include CC courses, although I only have one which was Fundamental Chem)
SATI: 2020 (M:800, R:630, W:590 Essay: 8)
ACT: 30 (M: 34, S: 35, E: 25, R: 24 Essay: 8)
SATII: Math IIc - 760, Bio - 750, Physics - 740 (All the same day but I doubt they care)
AP: CS AB - 5, Phy - 4, Bio - 5

Senior Year
H Span 4
AP Gov/H Econ
Contemp Lit
AP Enviro
AP Chem
Calculus (CSUF class taught on our campus)
Symphonic Band

Upward Trend Student Junior GPA > Sophomore GPA > Freshman GPA

EC:
Volunteer Work:
100+ hours with YAT
These next two I just joined this year
IPAC - Child care about 4 hours a week
Aid for Africa - Fund raising about 1 hour a week

Clubs:
MUN - Junior and Senior year
YAT - All years (basically meetings for volunteer sign up)
Science Olympiad - more of a team of 30 people that you have to try out for, but we did club like things. Junior year (no longer able to keep two teams so I couldn't join again)
Math Olympiad - This was actually a club. Junior and Senior year
Aid for Africa - Discussion
Current Science Club - Debates over things happening in science. Senior year

Awards:
Music Letter for extensive enrollment in music program
Principal Honor Roll for grades
Charter Oak for Bio and Physics (award giving to students that excel in a subject)
Computer Science Team of 4 won 1st place at Southern Californian Programming Competition
and AP Scholor

Work:
Summer before Junior and Senior year I had an internship at which I worked as a programmer, and worked with programmers in India.

Leadership:
2 years of band staff - band material management
student forum council member - represents TA and participates in election convention (kind of like electoral college system)

Educational Preparation Programs:
AMC math prep thing at Chapman University.
(Not sure what else goes here)

Other:
4 years of marching band

Schools: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCD, UCSB, UCR
Major: For most of these my main major is "Biochem and Molecular Bio" and if they did not have that it was "Biochem"